Congrats to a CTMH Sister ...

I just wanted to give my CTMH Sister a huge CONGRATULATIONS! Beth is a talent woman who was recently choosen to be a design team member of Torendi. Congratulations Beth, your CTMH Sisters are very proud of you! Beth has a fun blog @ inkyfingersrule.blogspot.com.

xoxo
Erin

Happy fall!

This fall was hard for me, my daughter started kindergarten this year! I cannot believe my first born is 5! We just got her school pictures back (they're adorable!) and I got enough pictures for all of our family. How will I send this adorable pictures out? In a handmade card of course! While chatting with my bf, Jolena, we came across this gorgeous card with a tuturial found on SCS (tutorial HERE).

After playing around, I came up with this card >>
Too cute, right?

All products are CTMH ...
Sweet Leaf ink
Cocoa ink
Many Thanks stamp set
Twitterpated level 2
Colonial White cardstock
Colonial White brads
Colonial White ric rac ribbon
Sorbet ribbon
Basic craft buttons

I also used the following punches ...
Marvy yellow scalloped circle
Marvy blue circle

So now to all the family and friends who were questioning why I wanted your address, now you know ;-)
xoox

Mystery Hostess in November!

Mark your calendars ladies >> Friday, 13 November @ 7pm!

Come to my home @ 1142 Briarwood Loop and make a free card. November for CTMH is a Stampaganza! Buy 2 stamps, get one free! Flyer found HERE! The November SOTM is one of my faves from 2009, check it out HERE!

And, to top of our gathering it will be a mystery hostess!
For RSVP you get 1 ticket (#952-4622 or ctmhmama@hotmail.com)
For coming to the gathering you get 1 ticket
For bringing a friend you get 1 ticket
For every $10 spent you get 1 ticket
For every stamp set bought you get 2 tickets
Book a party and get 3 tickets
At the end of the gathering when the orders have been placed, we'll be drawing the lucky ticket!
*If you cannot make it to the gathering but want to participate in the Mystery Hostess, make sure I have your order before the gathering.

Hostess Rewards >>
Gathering totals     Free Product     # of items 50% off
$150-$249           $25
$250-$349           $40
$350-$449           $60                    1
$450-$549           $80                    1
$550-$649           $100                  2
$650-$749           $120                  2
$750-$849           $140                  3
$850-$949           $160                  3
$950-$1,049        $180                  4

We'll enjoy the night with good girly company and chocolate! What could be better? ;-)

Introducing .... acetate!!

Back in March I was visiting home (Portland, Oregon) and I got to go to the Creating Keepsakes Convention. I was lucky enough to take a few classes and one was by Sue Neal and it was a card class. There she showed us acetate!!! Since then I've been looking in the small city of Great Falls and have found none of this new plastic that I wanted to call my friend.

Over the weekend I popped by Michaels to get some white StazOn and found what Grafix is calling 'Clear Craft Plastic' aka acetate!

Here's my first of many cards using acetate! This card was definatly inspired by our horrible wet weather. The clouds are pouring down snow but it's just too warm to stay so it's wet and cold outside. The forecast says snow by the end of the week. I may have a snow friend or two by the end of the week ;-)

xoxo

Happy Anniversary / Think Pink!

October marks my 1 year anniversary with Close To My Heart. The last year has been sooo much fun! I've held monthy crops, many workshops and I have created many, many cards, scrapbook layouts and creations!

This month is also exciting to me because I have my first downline, Malessa! Malessa, I am so excited for your future at CTMH. I know you will do wonderfully!

To help me celebrate, I am offering my own special! With every CTMH order get a special gift from CTMH that customers cannot purchase! Place a $100 order and recieve a free size D stamp set that is available only to CTMH consultants. The name of this gorgeous stamp is called You're A Natural.

October also marks the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month! My husband's Nana is a breast cancer survivor so this awareness hits very close to home. Buy any CTMH product with just one of the following pink colors and get a free gift from me : Baby Pink, Bubblegum, Watermelon, Hollyhock and/or Blush.

Thanks so much for your support!
xoxo

Who's ready to get Twitterpated?

For our October crop I am offering a great workshop! You will have 3 great options to participate!

1. Make a card! To thank you for joining me at the open crop you can make a free card using Twitterpated paper and accessories.

2. Make a 2 page layout! When purchasing this

awesome kit you will get the following:
Twitterpated Basic Workshop Kit (includes):
Twitterpated Level 2 Paper Packet ($12.95)
My Acrylix® Hello There ($13.95)
Designer Ribbon Rounds™ Chocolate Collection ($7.95)
Workshop Guide ($1.00)
Total: $29.95

3. Get stocked up on cards! Being an Air Force wife means I have lots of great friends that are spread through out the US. I love to let them know that I am thinking of them and what better way to do that than by a handmade card?? Purchase the Twitterpated Basic Workshop Kit ($29.95) plus you have the option to add a few coordinating supplies like: Dimensional Elements In Color—Organic $3.50, Natural Hemp $2.25 and Brads Basic Assortment $4.95.

Twitterpated paper is great for camping pictures, summer memories and back-to-school layouts (see prior post). If you are interested in participating in any of the workshops RSVP by 1 October.

I hope to see you at the Arts & Crafts Center on 10 October for the open crop!

First day of school ...

August was the start of Summy no longer staying home but leaving me to go to school. It was sure bittersweet. I love my days with Sum ... lazy afternoons, watching movies and taking naps. I've been soooo lucky to be able to be a stay at home mom for the past 5 years. Summerlin and I got some fun time together, 21 months worth of Mommy and Summy time. I remember these walks we would go on in Germany when she was young. We'd walk to see the baby chickens just about everyday and usually by the time we got home Daddy was in the driveway. Summer would chase the barn cats and she was sooo terrified of the sewer drains. Ahhhh, life! How fast it flies by! Now my 5 year old baby is riding the school bus to and from school, buying her own school lunch and making all sorts of friends. Now she spends her days with 21 other kids and a wonderful teacher we've been blessed with, Mrs. Orr. Here is the start of Sum's school album. I hope to take a picture of Sum the first day of school with her teacher (atleast her elementary years) and save some of her school work for her to look at when she is older and going through these same feelings with her kids.

xoxo